She was upset that the medical teams at the hospital did not check further and was taking a complaint to the Health and Disabilities Commission.

"You tell them exactly what is happening and they don't listen.''

Zeph had surgery last week to remove the magnets and was "really happy and in much better spirits".

He should suffer no long term effects but would need to be monitored to ensure his bowel did not repair itself incorrectly.

Zeph would not be getting any small toys for Christmas tomorrow however.

"Bucky balls shouldn't be given to children.''

In the US, Bloomberg reported earlier this year that the Consumer Product Safety Commission has requested a recall of Buckyballs and Buckycubes because they posed a serious health hazard to children who ingested them.

It said they were the only product that New York-based company Maxfield & Oberton offered. Since the launch in 2009, more than 2.2 million sets have been sold.

The company was fighting the commission's complaint, claiming that because it marketed the toy as a novelty product for adults, and they included several warning labels explaining that the product was dangerous if swallowed and not intended for children under age 14, it shouldn't have to halt production.

The commission had documented about 20 reports of kids who had eaten Buckyballs since 2009, including a four-year-old boy who mistook them for cake decorations and a 10-year-old girl who accidentally swallowed them after she'd put them in her mouth and pretended they were a tongue piercing.